Reviews and Comments

New Neal Stephenson, let's goooo

Aw man, this was such a sweet, and terrible, and wonderful book. The acknowledgements made me cry.

This was a mixed bag. The Cory Doctorow story was hella depressing. There was randomly a paranormal romance novella (because the author was a plaintiff in an EFF-backed case, I think). The stories were fine but not an especially cohesive collection.

I had no idea what this was about when I started it, I don't quite know what box to put it in. Maybe magical realism, light horror, fairy tale mashup? Regardless, I really enjoyed it. A different take on... maybe vampires? Who eat books instead of human blood? (I don't think that's a spoiler, it's literally the title of the book).

The story of this trilogy is good - kept me interested enough to keep reading - but the execution needed more work. It's tricky to negotiate a story with an ensemble cast, where the perspective changes frequently, and it wasn't always flawless. Also if one of your main characters is trans and I don't realise that until halfway through book 3 (it's referred to directly, but only in Brazilian Portuguese), then maybe you're being a bit too subtle about it - epecially if she's a princess.

I'm still going to read the last book though.

This felt a bit clunky, like the writing lurched from character to character at times, maybe it needed better editing. I was hoping I would remember more details about the first book as I went, but I didn't. Thematically this isn't a terribly positive story, so not recommended if you want a happy or cheerful read.

This was very sweet. Magical realism, with young kids and a healthy dose of queer representation.

Argh now how long will we have to wait for the next book?

Pretty excited to start reading this, I didn't even know they had a new book in the works until it was released.

Simply filthy ;-)

Lovely little urban fantasy MM romance set in Edwardian England. Written by a Canberran!

My partner has read this and given a positive review so hoping for good things.

I nearly noped out of this one when I thought it was a story about how good US libertarianism is, but it turned out to be the reverse so I'm glad I stuck eith it.

Didn't finish how I thought it would, a good brain off story.